The Normandy Victory Museum in Carentan (Manche) learned about it on June 5, on the eve of the event: the screening of the film We have to save the soldier Ryan in drive-away, scheduled for Saturday June 6, 2020 to commemorate the 76e anniversary of the Landing, has not been authorized by the administration.
It was therefore canceled 24 hours before the scheduled date. “The nearby cinema was not associated with the organization of this event”, invokes the joint letter from the Directorate of Cultural Affairs and the National Center for Cinema and the Animated Image (CNC).
“A blow from the club”, reacts the Normandy Victory Museum in a long message published on June 6 on its Facebook page.
This ban provoked a number of reactions, Internet users castigated, sometimes harshly, a “ incomprehensible decision “ .
” Very disapointed. I was happy to go there “, Camille Bigot, a young surfer, reacts in this way. Another assures her: she will write to the Directorate of Cultural Affairs to ” to bring [son] support ”.
“The idea was great and allowed June 6 to remain a time of respect, sharing and emotion”, also comments Olivier Francfort. In the same vein, Ragnar Franson protests: “And afterwards, we are told about the duty of memory! “
In its message, the museum particularly regrets “The timing” which does not have “Allowed no reversal of situation”. And which has unfortunate consequences for the associated restaurant, theA10 Canteen “Who ends up with a quantity of merchandise”.
Internet users immediately expressed their solidarity. “Let those who planned to come tonight order from A10 Canteen”, thus launched Julien Delavier.
An immediately followed call: “We will eat a burger this evening and come back tomorrow for the museum visit”, replies Alexandre Jeanne. “In solidarity, we ordered four burgers at A10 Canteen this afternoon”, also ensures another internet user, Isabelle Martin.
“No competition in commemorations”
The reasons given by the Directorate of Cultural Affairs also reacted. “The cinemas are closed, there is no competition”, believe, in essence, many Internet users. “Why didn’t you associate the local movie theater? “, questions Léna Olivier, director of an independent cinema in Brittany.
“We did not imagine for a single second as a competitor to the local cinema”, replies the establishment. “And if the cinema organized a commemoration without notifying you, because it does not imagine for a moment competing with you […], how would you react? “ responds tac to tac the cinephile. Museum’s final response: “There is no competition in the commemorations.”
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